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Behind Trump's Plan to Move the US Embassy From Tel Aviv to Jerusalem
ABC News ^ | January 23, 2017 | By ELIZABETH MCLAUGHLIN

Posted on 01/23/2017 2:50:59 PM PST by Jim Robinson

Israeli officials are awaiting what could be one of the first announcements from the new Trump administration: a decision to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Such a move, which Trump repeatedly promised on the campaign trail, may please many Israelis but anger Palestinians as well as officials in Arab nations, who could see it as directly provocative and a hindrance to future peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians.

Palestinians claim Jerusalem as the capital of their future state, and Trump, like the Israeli government, views Jerusalem as Israel’s “eternal capital.” Since Israel’s creation, the United States has maintained that the status of the holy city of Jerusalem should be settled only in negotiations between the two parties, and Trump appears prepared to dramatically break with tradition.

Trump spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, but neither leader’s report of their conversation referred to a U.S. Embassy move.

“The president emphasized that peace between Israel and the Palestinians can only be negotiated directly between the two parties and that the United States will work closely with Israel to make progress towards that goal,” the White House said in a statement.

It also said that Trump invited Netanyahu to visit the White House in early February, making him one of the first foreign leaders invited to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. under the new administration.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: embassy; first100days; israel; jerusalem; jerusalemembassy; trump; trump45; trumpstatedept; usembassy
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Obviously this biased article contains a bunch of godless leftist tripe, falsehoods, ommissions and outlandish labeling of Israeli leaders and President Trump as right wing fascists. The real fascists here are the Islamic states (and their leftist allies) that want to wipe Israel and all Jews and Christians off the face of the earth.

They fail to mention that the 67 and 73 "Israeli" wars were actually started by the surrounding Arab states (Egypt, Jordan, Syria, etc) who wanted to invade and destroy Israel. But little Israel rose up and threw them back. I think God had a hand in that. And in the 73 war, Israel was on the cusp of actually conquering Egypt and Jordan until it decided to pull back. Israel gave back most of the land it won in those wars, but is holding on to its Eternal God-given Capital (Jerusalem) and enough of the land to make it defensible from the Arab invaders.

Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but the U.S. does not recognize Palestine as a state and it's never been a state. They were offered statehood at the same time as modern Israel, but turned it down and the Arabs have been at war with Israel ever since. It's all or nothing with the fascist Arabs. All for them, nothing for Israel. They do not and never will want peace or coexistence. Only conquest and dominance.

1 posted on 01/23/2017 2:50:59 PM PST by Jim Robinson
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Hmmmm, I keep looking for references for Muslims sliming up Jerusalem way way before Christ. And even for a few hundred years after Christ.

Oh, sorry, it took a venal, corrupt, and mentally deranged person to gin up that collection of prejudices.

Muslims can take their claim and shove it up their “prophet”.

As for the MSM, too bad they did not attend a reputable university and get some of dat eddikashun.


2 posted on 01/23/2017 2:54:07 PM PST by Da Coyote
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The real fascists here are the Islamic states...

...the same peoples that partnered with Hitler during WWII.
3 posted on 01/23/2017 2:57:12 PM PST by Resettozero
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To: Da Coyote
" ... may please many Israelis but anger Palestinians as well as officials in Arab nations, ... "

Ya ... so ?

4 posted on 01/23/2017 2:57:30 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true.)
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“” ... may please many Israelis but anger Palestinians as well as officials in Arab nations, ... “
Ya ... so ? “

Indeed. Everything angers them.

I’m glad that Trump will not give a sh...er...give an Obama.


5 posted on 01/23/2017 2:59:24 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: knarf

Angering Arab nations is pretty low on my list of things to avoid. In fact, I would like it if they were angered far more often.


6 posted on 01/23/2017 3:00:47 PM PST by ez ("Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is." - Milton)
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To: Jim Robinson

The 1948 partition did not create a Palestinian state or offer one. East Jerusalem and the West Bank were Jordan before 1967.


7 posted on 01/23/2017 3:02:01 PM PST by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election!)
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.....the U.S. does not recognize Palestine as a state and it's never been a state.....

Never Have! Never Will! The muzzie Claim Is False!


Click THe Pic

8 posted on 01/23/2017 3:03:45 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Jim Robinson

9 posted on 01/23/2017 3:05:56 PM PST by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental illness: A totalitarian psyche.)
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“.......but anger Palestinians as well as officials in Arab nations, who could see it as directly provocative and a hindrance to future peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians.”

What “peace negotiations”!? It takes two, or more to negotiate, and if the Arabs, and the Arabs with a ‘p’ in front of their names like a moniker online won’t participate, then there’s no such a thing as “peace negotiations”.


10 posted on 01/23/2017 3:07:00 PM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists Call 'em what you will, they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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Jews have more of a claim on Medina than Muslims do on Jerusalem.


11 posted on 01/23/2017 3:07:05 PM PST by montag813
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To: Da Coyote; knarf; All

Click It


12 posted on 01/23/2017 3:07:30 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: knarf

This will anger the “Palestinians”? Weren’t they delirious and near incoherence already? Not much of anything has ever diminished their pent-up rage and fury, so this should have negligible effect either way.

There shall NEVER be a “Palestinian” state. If that were ever a possibility, the motley collection of tribal cast-offs would have formed a working government, and not just a series of terror cells. Their only unifying principle is to force the Israelis into the sea, but they have not the least idea how to utilize the real estate once they occupy it. None need only look at the Gaza Strip to see what all of what is now Israel would come to resemble should the dream of expelling every last Jew from the Holy Land be realized. It was a desert waste before, and it would become a desert waste again.


13 posted on 01/23/2017 3:10:42 PM PST by alloysteel (John Galt has chosen to take the job. This time, Atlas did NOT shrug.)
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To: Da Coyote

Exactly. The only time a Palestinian is happy is when an Israeli dies.


14 posted on 01/23/2017 3:12:37 PM PST by Parley Baer
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To: Jim Robinson

..perhaps the president is more aware than people realize, concerning the details of God’s covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob...


15 posted on 01/23/2017 3:14:12 PM PST by WalterSkinner ( In Memory of My Father--WWII Vet and Patriot 1926-2007)
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As I've posted before:

There was an Israeli state in the land of Israel 2000 years before the evil prophet of Islam allegedly flying on a "magical horse" from Mecca to Jerusalem.


16 posted on 01/23/2017 3:16:27 PM PST by SkyDancer (Ambition Without Talent Is Sad, Talent Without Ambition Is Worse)
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is he suppsoed to make an official statement and announce a date to declare that htey are moving it? or will it be doen behind hte scenes so to speak?


17 posted on 01/23/2017 3:17:28 PM PST by Bob434
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doesn't matter what happens, the goathumpers are safety wired to the terrorist/murderous thug position anyway so fill in the blank...

18 posted on 01/23/2017 3:20:22 PM PST by Chode (may the RATS all die of dehydration from crying)
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"The president emphasized that peace between Israel and the Palestinians can only be negotiated directly between the two parties and that the United States will work closely with Israel to make progress towards that goal," the White House said in a statement.

This is exactly the right approach to take. The U.S. embassy can eventually be moved to Jerusalem, but the U.S. has no reason to go out on a limb and make this move right now. We have had a long-standing policy of placing the responsibility for resolving this dispute on Israel and its neighbors, and we should only get involved if they all want us involved as intermediaries.

I don't know if the U.S. recognizes a Palestinian state, but every agreement we signed with Israel and the Palestinians back in the 1990s is aimed at achieving some degree of independence for the Palestinians.

19 posted on 01/23/2017 3:21:17 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("Yo, bartender -- Jobu needs a refill!")
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I am thrilled to the bottom of my heart. If the whole world were to go to war against Israel, I'd still want to be on their side.
20 posted on 01/23/2017 3:21:44 PM PST by scottiemom (As a retired Texas public school teacher, I highly recommend private school.)
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